Parliamentary questions

NAMA Transactions

Mick Wallace

32. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that multiple NAMA transactions since 2010 may have been in breach of section 172 of the NAMA Act; if he or NAMA has had engagement with An Garda Síochána or the DPP regarding their ongoing investigation into one specific transaction concerning a section 172 breach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7355/19]

HSE Funding

Mick Wallace

133. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the organisations in County Wexford that received HSE funding for the provision of talk therapies such as counselling and psychotherapy in 2018; and the funding provided to each organisation. [7246/19]

Health Services Staff Data

Mick Wallace

134. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of counsellors at grade code 391T employed by CAMHS in each CHO. [7256/19]

Health Services Staff Data

Mick Wallace

135. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of counsellors at grade code 391T employed by CAMHS in County Wexford. [7257/19]

Health Services Staff Data

Mick Wallace

136. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of counselling psychologists at grade code 3691 employed by the HSE in each CHO. [7258/19]

Health Services Staff Data

Mick Wallace

137. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of counselling psychologists grade code 3691 employed by the HSE in County Wexford. [7259/19]

Child and Family Agency Funding

Mick Wallace

195. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the organisations in County Wexford that received psychotherapy and counselling funding from Tusla in 2018; and the amount of funding provided to each organisation. [7292/19]

Ports Facilities

Mick Wallace

60. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he has taken to address the ownership issue at Rosslare Europort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6716/19]

Ports Facilities

Mick Wallace

77. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the ten-year strategic plan for Rosslare Europort of Irish Rail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6715/19]

Defence Forces Recruitment

Mick Wallace

120. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 110 to 112, inclusive, of 28 November 2018 and No. 75 of 24 January 2019, the reason for the delay in answering the original three questions; the exact timeframe for reply in this regard; if all written parliamentary questions in respect of the Defence Forces are subject to similar delays in issuing responses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6754/19]

UN Funding

Mick Wallace

140. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if funding was provided in 2018 to support the work of the United Nations population fund in humanitarian settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7037/19]

Counselling Services Provision

Mick Wallace

416. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for counselling in primary care in each community healthcare organisation, CHO; and the number of persons waiting between zero and one, one and three, three and six and over six months, respectively. [6600/19]

Counselling Services Provision

Mick Wallace

417. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Wexford waiting for counselling in primary care; and the number of persons waiting for counselling in County Wexford between zero and one, one and three, three and six and over six months, respectively. [6601/19]

Counselling Services Provision

Mick Wallace

418. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals for counselling in primary care; and the number of sessions offered in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, in each of the years since its introduction in 2013 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [6602/19]

Counselling Services Provision

Mick Wallace

419. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals for counselling in primary care; and the number of sessions offered in County Wexford in each of the years since its introduction in 2013 to 2018, inclusive, and to date in 2019. [6603/19]

Mental Health Services Data

Mick Wallace

420. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals for the self-harm intervention programme; and the number of sessions offered in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [6604/19]

Mental Health Services Data

Mick Wallace

421. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals for the self-harm intervention programme; and the number of sessions offered in County Wexford in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [6605/19]

Counselling Services Provision

Mick Wallace

422. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the budget for counselling in primary care for each community healthcare organisation, CHO, in each of the years 2013 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [6606/19]

Mental Health Services Funding

Mick Wallace

423. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the budget for the self-harm intervention programme for each community healthcare organisation, CHO. in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [6607/19]

National Children's Hospital Expenditure

Mick Wallace

19. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that officials in his Department voiced concerns regarding the national children’s hospital in 2017 on cost and governance; if these concerns were relayed to him at the time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5946/19]

National Children's Hospital Expenditure

Mick Wallace

20. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has discussed offsetting the growing costs of the national children’s hospital by using funding for other health development projects with the Minister for Health as suggested by his officials in November 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5947/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Mick Wallace

152. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for residential care for adults with an intellectual disability in County Wexford in each of the years 2012 to 2018, by county in tabular form. [5970/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Mick Wallace

153. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the criteria for determining priority and highest need when allocating residential care places for adults with a disability. [5971/19]

Respite Care Services

Mick Wallace

154. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the age at which children with intellectual disabilities are assessed for adult respite services in order to access adult respite waiting lists; and if adult respite hours are allocated on a priority and highest needs basis or based on the length of time a person is on the waiting list. [5972/19]

Respite Care Services Data

Mick Wallace

160. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided for adults with an intellectual disability in County Wexford in each of the years 2010 to 2018, in tabular form. [5992/19]

Respite Care Services Data

Mick Wallace

161. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided for children and adolescents with an intellectual disability in County Wexford in each of the years 2010 to 2018, in tabular form. [5993/19]

Respite Care Services Data

Mick Wallace

162. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health if there is a limit to or a maximum amount of respite hours for adults with an intellectual disability available by year for each person who is eligible; and the criteria for eligibility for these respite hours. [5994/19]

Health Services Data

Mick Wallace

166. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals for counselling in primary care that were made in each CHO area in each of the years 2010 to 2018, in tabular form. [6092/19]

Health Services Data

Mick Wallace

167. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals for the self-harm intervention programme that were made in each CHO area in each of the years 2010 to 2018, in tabular form. [6093/19]

Health Services Data

Mick Wallace

168. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals for children and adolescents for counselling and psychotherapy that were recorded by the HSE in each CHO area in each of the years 2010 to 2018, in tabular form. [6094/19]

Child and Family Agency Funding

Mick Wallace

241. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding provided by Tusla to organisations providing counselling and psychotherapy supports to children and families in County Wexford in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by each organisation. [6129/19]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Mick Wallace

5. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if policies to decrease the beef and dairy herd and diversify farming output in order to reduce emissions from the agriculture sector will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5931/19]

Forestry Data

Mick Wallace

10. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of managed forest that is planted with sitka spruce; the timeline during which the trees are allowed to grow before they are felled; the end use for the trees in terms of percentage for timber, biomass and so on; the pesticides, insecticides and fungicides used on Sitka spruce; the average use of each per square metre of managed Sitka spruce plantations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5674/19]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Mick Wallace

56. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on to the report commissioned by the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Parliament in 2017 (details supplied); if he has empirical evidence to counter the findings of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5675/19]

Mental Health Services Administration

Mick Wallace

60. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health his views on a possible overmedicalisation of the mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5380/19]

Mental Health Services

Mick Wallace

85. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the use of talk therapies as part of mental health care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5379/19]

Healthcare Professionals

Mick Wallace

355. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Health the status of the regulation of psychotherapy and counselling under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; if members have been appointed to the registration board; the number of times the board has met to date; and if further legislative changes are necessary for regulation. [5144/19]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement

Mick Wallace

5. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will reconsider her decision not to publish the original ODCE report into the collapse of a trial (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4679/19]

White Collar Crime

Mick Wallace

13. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the input her Department has had into the process of drafting legislation to tackle white collar crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4680/19]

Defence Forces Recruitment

Mick Wallace

51. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if all Defence Forces personnel will be remeasured in view of his acknowledgement that inaccurate measurement has occurred; if the procedures for height measurement are being reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4740/19]

Defence Forces Recruitment

Mick Wallace

52. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied with the procedures carried out by the Defence Forces medical personnel to measure the height of recruits during the recruitment process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4814/19]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Mick Wallace

118. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied with the number of IDA site visits to County Wexford from January 2017 to the end of 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53442/18]

Protected Disclosures

Mick Wallace

35. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that the system regarding protected disclosures within An Garda Síochána is functioning properly, if he has had contact with the new Garda Commissioner on this issue since his appointment and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4387/19]

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Funding

Mick Wallace

36. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether funding issues may be impeding the ability of GSOC to deal with protected disclosures in an expedient and timely manner; if he has considered increasing the budget for GSOC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4388/19]

Sex Offenders Treatment Programme

Mick Wallace

43. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the fact that the uptake in the Building Better Lives programme for sexual offenders is decreasing year on year; if proposals to make this programme mandatory will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4385/19]

Legislative Programme

Mick Wallace

53. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Judicial Council Bill 2017; when he expects it to progress to Dáil Éireann; the reason for the delay to date; his views on whether this is having a negative impact on the courts system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4384/19]

Foreign Conflicts

Mick Wallace

49. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had communications with his counterparts in the European countries that continue to sell arms and provide support to the coalition that is bombing Yemen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4119/19]

Foreign Conflicts

Mick Wallace

75. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied with the role the UN has played in terms of ending the war in Yemen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4120/19]

Miscarriages of Justice

Mick Wallace

129. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he highlighted the case of persons (details supplied) at his attendance at the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference; if his attention has been drawn to the details of the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49795/18]

VAT Rate Application

Mick Wallace

163. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Finance if he will direct the Revenue Commissioners to defer the withdrawal of the concessionary application of the zero rate of VAT to certain food supplements until an impact study has been completed. [3848/19]